Gondola car.



PATENTED JAN 8, 190?.

A. B. OSTBANDER.

GONDOLA CAR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20,1906.

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A. E. GSTRANDBR. GONDOLA OAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE29,1906.

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PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

A. E. OSTRANDBR.

GONDOLA GAR. APPLIOATIO'N FILED JUNE 29,1906.

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. Be it known that l, ALLEN E. OsTni-mnnn,

I 'e citi/ien oi the United States, residing at Pill erson, New Jersey, have invented 21, certain 5 new and useful improvement in Gondola Cars, of which the following is n full,'clear,

others skilled in the art to which it appertgi-ins to H make and use the SiUHQ lQLl Gl'GIICO to'heing hed tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which" 1 Figure l isncross-sectional view through it car embodying the 'le'zttures of my invention. Fig. 2 is a topplitn view of aportion i oi the car, showii'ig the manner of coni'iecting the floor-plates to the holster. Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in sectionand partly in elevii-Lion, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 3. Fig. 4 is a detail view taken on the line i 4 of -zo ,l 1, and Fig. 5 stop planview showing H :1, modified form of holster. 1 This invention relates to cars, andpnrticui lnrly to that type known as gondola cars. The object of my invention is to provide it 2 5 pressed-inotel gondola car which will be light, but still possess the strength required for riz 7 rying heavy loads. v

Referring to thofdraiwings, which represent the preferred form of my invention, 1 0 designates the center sills of the car, which are preferably of channel form.

2 designates the plate-girder sides, Provided at their upper and lower edges with angles and 4, and 5 designntes one of the 3 5 body-holsters oi the war. Said holster con.-

sists of flanged \i'ch-plstes 6, arranged hack to heel; and extending laterally from the cen ter sills, to which they are connected.

The sides of the 03-1 are strengthened by gusset-plates 7, each having it pressed flange 8, which is connected to the plate-girder side sndzilso to the flange of a pressed-metal side stake 9 by rivets 1t). Said gusset-plete extends below the floor of the car, as shown 4 5 in dotted lines in Fig. i, and is arranged l etween the web-plates 6, which are bent slightly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,

said gusset-plate being connected to said cross-hearer or iloor-su wort'to perform the some function, and such 2r construction of web-plates hy rivets ii. A strengtheningangle 12, which extends from the upper edge of the plate-girder side to the tloor of the car, is connected. to said gnsset- 'ilato and to the and exact description, such 'n-ill enahl'e ALL-1hr. os'rsAnnEii, or PATEBSON, sinuses AMERICAN oini roosnsr COMPANY, or s". more, in A (JORPOl-tA'iION or NEW JERESEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

A plication fine June 29, 1906. Serial No. 324,032.

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floor of the ear. The top cover-plate 1. L oi.

the bolster is arranged over the abutting edges of tho lloirrmlstes and is connected to the upper flanges oi the web-plstes it by the sznne rivets 1b whicl') secure the floonplzttes to thenpper :iinnges of the web-plates, said top cover-plate being also connected to the iloor-plstes hv' ri ets 1.5. The top corerplate 1- is 01 ntest width at the center of the CM, 218 siiown in F 2, and is also con nected to the upper flanges of the center sills, the center iloor-plate 16 terminating it the edge of the top cover-plate and having an extension 17, which projects undernea the top cover-plate and is riveted thereto, as shown in Figs 2 and 3. The center floorplate 16 extends from bolster to bolster of the car, and as it is connected to said hoist ers it very rigid constructioi'i is insured. Coir nesting-pistes i8 are fastened. to the angles at the lower edge oi the plate-girder sides, and the end flanges 19 of the welwpletes 6 are fastened to these connccting-plotes by rivets '20. The bottom plate 21 of the holster :1 continuous member that extends under the center sills and is connected to the lower flanges of said sills and to the lower flanges of the wclvplzttes 6.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that l have produced a car which is con-- structcd principally of pressed-motel mornbers and in which, the sides of the car and the floor are connected to the holster in e novel manner that insures a very rigid construction that is capable of carrying heavy loads.

While I have herein shown and described the gusset-plate 7 and the side stake 3 as being connected to the holster of the car, it will be obvious that they could he c-onne ixted to it course would he .vithin the scope 'oi" my invention.

in F1 5 i have shown a shgntlvqnooified form of bolster in which the flanged" Webplates or diaphragms 6 are spread apart where they connect with the center sills for the purpose of giving a greater lateral stiffen- 111g.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

, 1. In a car, side plates, a bolster, -gusset plates secured to theside plates and being connected to thebolster below the floor of the car, floor-plates which abut at the bolster, and a top cover-plate for the bolster arranged over the abutting edges of said floorplates and being connected to the floorplates and to the bolster; substantially as described.

2. In a car, a bolster, floor-plates which abut at the bolster,- a to cover-plate for the bolster arranged over t e abutting edges of said floorlates, and a center floor-plate provided with an extension which is deflected below the top cover-plate of the bolster; substantially as described.

3. In a car, center sills, a bolster, floorplates that terminate at the bolster, a top covcr-plate arranged above the floor-plates and beingconnected to the bolster, and a center floor-plate connected to the center sills and having its end deflected below the top covenplate to which it is connected; sub stantially as described.

l In a car, center sills, side plates, connecting-plates depending from the side plates, and leterally projecting members fastened to said connect1ng-plates and to the center sills; substantially as described. v

5. In a car, center sills, side plates, connecting-plates depending from the side lates, and web-plates proyidedwi'th flanges for festening them to the connecting plates and to the center sills; substantiall as de scribed, I I 6. 1A; ear comprising "ienteryrsills, plate aid sides, flanged -web-pletes an'anged back .to back andiastened to the center sills and,

ts said connecting-plates, gusset-plates connected to "the plate-g1rder sides and extend gir'der'lsides, connecting-plates carried by flanges of the web-plates, a top cover-plate arranged above the floor-plates and also connected to the upper flanges of the webplates, and a bottom plate extending beneath the center sills and being fastened to the lower flanges of the web-plates substantially as described.

8, In a car, center sills, bolsters comprising top cover-plates, a continuous central floorplate extending between said' bolsters and. connected to said center sills, and to the'top covenplates of the bolsters, and floor-plates abutting at the bolsters and extending underneath the'top cover-plates of the bolsters; substantially as described.

9. In a car, a side, a transversely-extend ing floor-support, a gusset connected to the side and to the floor-support, and floor- )lates terminating'at said floor-support and eing connected thereto; substantially asd scribed. I

10. In a car provided with side sills andl center sills, connecting-plates depending below sa'idside' sills, and laterallyproject ng members fiastenedto said connecting-plates and to the center sills; substantially as described. i

In testimony whereof 1 ncreunto ailix my signature, in the reenc'b of-two witness es this 20th day of une, I906.

ALLEN E. OSTRANDER.

l/Vitnesses:

Ron'r. G. JnFFEnY, WILLIAM l. VVYETH. 

